RP truly does go above and beyond to provide their employees with benefits that make others envious (stocked fridges, game room, catered lunches 3 days a week). My personal issue is that I did not find the work meaningful, but more concerning is that I did not believe that the company met the product standards for which they sold to their customers. The most pertinent examples: CEO made declaration to employees that one of the '15 primary goals was to double interactive MB user data (that number actually declined), there were also instances of seed data going offline for MBPs both large and small for inexcusable periods of time.

I loved the culture and people at Return Path. This company provided me the training and knowledge that I needed to improve. It never felt like job but a family. I loved everyone I worked with from clients to co-workers.

Pros

Open Communication, Management, Free Lunches, Great work/home life balance

The only great thing about RP is the job culture and some of the engineers employed there, everything else is horrible. Management has no idea how to run a company, moral is constantly low and most long term projects fail. RP is not a "people first" company, it wants you to believe it is, but it's not.

My compensation was 25% lower than the national average for my position.

The 6 week sabbatical offered for 7 years of service is a joke. Once a sabbatical is taken, you cannot leave RP for a full year without owing them the pay received during sabbatical.

Return Path considers itself a "people first" company and indeed, does have a good culture. There is very little balance between shipping products quickly and building them correctly though and the codebase suffers a result. There are no opportunities to address technical debt as management is always pushing to quickly release new features and doesn't believe in fixing something that's "not broken."

They just don't know what they're doing. Too many initiatives they don't complete, constant change, the services side of the business is a mess, Channel even worse and sales just isn't carrying their weight. Old school employees need to go or they will continue to run this place into the ground. The pay is well under market. Company is struggling mightily, there is an undercurrent of negativity and it has become an uncomfortable place to go to work every day.

I worked there for a year and loved every minute of it until the end. There were three things that got me let go. The first was that I had four managers over the course of a year. None of them were with me long enough to identify gaps needed for me to be successful in my position. Second, I was working with a stifling lead developer who was new to a lead position on a team. None of our bosses were with us long enough to make substantial enough corrections to fix team dynamic issues. Third, the company underwent their worst quarter in their history right as I received me latest manager. That manager was also known for letting people go.

A typical day at Return Path, consists of conducting meetings that involve high level executives in the IT or Marketing departments. I am responsible for driving clients through the sales cycle, spending the majority of the time in the discovery stage, building a business case. My territory is regionally based so I spend a large part of my day prospecting for new clients.

I have learned about how email if used correctly is one of the most profitable means of driving sales for large companies. Email marketing is a very complex, and surprisingly the large majority of marketing departments, do have have a grasp on how to get email to the inbox or have a good way to track results.

The nice thing about management at Return Path, there is not a overwhelming sense of micro-management.

From a team prospective, account managers and sales managers work very well together.

The hardest part of this job is:Creating urgencyVery long sales cycleNo one in the industry has budget for this product.Because of where my territory is based there is not a lot of face-to-face interaction.

The most enjoyable part of this job is, being able to educate my potential clients and to take a very consultative roll in the sales process.

RP is an amazing company to work for. I have never seen a more actively engaged, involved, and concerned management team. They spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about the culture of the company and how to truly make it best in class. The involve employees in all aspects of running the business and are transparent to a fault. Just a wonderful organization all around.

Return Path has a "people first" perspective and it shows. They put a lot of effort into making sure their employees are challenged, productive and happy. Also, you just can't beat an open vacation policy!